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Place

by Ted Hearne

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Balloons 05:55
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Boundary 04:10
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Interview 04:28
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Guilt 02:58
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New Faces 02:16
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A Thought 01:57
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about

Pulitzer prize finalist, composer, singer, and conductor Ted Hearne, who is "not afraid to bring politics and social justice issues into his music," (WFMT) grapples with the generational conversation of gentrification in Place, an "explosive, restless, fragment-laden score," (New York Times) written in collaboration with poet/activist Saul Williams.

This expansive hybrid album produced by Nick Tipp features an all-star ensemble of musicians from the divergent worlds of hip hop, R&B, experimental, noise, and contemporary chamber music. Place is a multifarious meditation on white supremacy, fatherhood, displacement and loss, at once intimate and monumental.

credits

released April 3, 2020

music by Ted Hearne
libretto by Saul Williams (Part 2-3) and Ted Hearne (Part 1)
'Place' conceived by Ted Hearne, Saul Williams and Patricia McGregor
produced by Nick Tipp with Ted Hearne
album art by Sanford Biggers

Vocalists: Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Ted Hearne, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Saul Williams, Ayanna Woods

Braylon Lacy, electric bass
Taylor Levine, electric guitar
Philip White, mixer feedback
RC Williams, keyboards
Ron Wiltrout, drums

Diana Wade, viola
Ashley Bathgate, cello
Eileen Mack, clarinet/bass clarinet
Christa Van Alstine, bass clarinet/contrabass clarinet
Jonah Levy, trumpet
Rachel Drehmann, french horn
Matt Barbier, tenor trombone
Weston Olencki, bass trombone
Clara Warnaar, percussion
and featuring Chicago Children's Choir; Josephine Lee, artistic director

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Ted Hearne Los Angeles, California

Ted Hearne is a composer, singer and bandleader.

The New York Times has praised. Hearne for his "tough edge and wildness of spirit," and "topical, politically sharp-edged works." Pitchfork called Hearne's work "some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory -- from any genre." ... more

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